2046
what does the number 2046 remind you of?
4 Digit pickings?
for those hopefuls out there, this number is fully sold out for this weekend coz it's so hot. *mutters gibberish as i picture myself stuck in a long lottery queue just to only realizes that the number i wanna buy is sold out* and i doubt would anyone strike this as first prize =/
Hotel room number?
uh.... i saw Lionel De Souza on today's Straits Times. apparently he is Singapore's best P.I. but no, 2046 is not a hotel room out of some infamous adultery scandal involving a local tycoon and his model, aka the third party / slut who intrudes into the "happy family" picture.
2046 is the newest Wong Kar Wai film that took 5 years to finish. superb cinematography, an increased yet non-abusive use of CGIs, a good mix of cast... but that's about it?
there is no storyline! it's just about Tony Leung and the 4 women in his life, whom he somehow or other loses them away, like the passing of the 4 seasons. they either die a terrible death, wait for some lost love or refuse to give up on someone that'll be never belong to them.
it's pretty mundane and dry in the middle... all about him, his bedroom life, his works... nothing too soulful.
and the storyline is flawed. why?
androids being androids, they DO NOT have feelings/emotions/nerve senses.
so, how can androids (a) fall in love (b) have sexual urges and pleasures (c) weep when they are alone since they have no emotions to begin with??? and by the way... androids are computed beings. they are not a life-form. so they are unable to form complex thoughts though they can be prgrammed to anticipate and serve human needs.
in the movie, Tony Leung is a writer. he writes erotic stories. so, the logic here is that writers are poor. look, it's 1960s Hong Kong. therefore, where does he get all his money to stay in a hotel for long term, eat at big chinese restaurants and drink snake broth, enjoy hard loquor every night, take cab everywhere and still have money left to call for prostitutes??? thus it leads me to one conclusion: this writer must be dealing much with the then Hong Kong underworld and triad bosses, selling drugs and weapons. heh heh.
hence, i give this movie only 3 / 5 stars. and only 2 / 5 popcorn factors. rest assured that many of you would fall asleep coz the story pace is slow and its delivery's mundane yet confusing.
no matter how acclaimed a director is, he is able to make you sleep through his lastest movie.
posted by Veen @ 18:55
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